On Day 3, the 12th May, we skipped Asramam breakfast and with a coffee in a hotel around 6.30 am rushed to the Big Temple, to avoidheat and crowd. We reached the Eastern Towers and entered theTemple. We had darshan of Kambathu ILaiyanar, Muruga with a javelin and a pecock, wearing only a codpiece. Then to Patala Lingam, where Bhagavan Ramana stayed for about 28 days till Seshadri Swami made arrangements to bring up the young Brahamana Swami. FromPatala Lingam, we went to Gopura Subramania Shrine, where Muruga is there with his two consorts, javelin and peacock. From here,we went to Annamalaiyar, our cute Little Father. He was dressed in simple attire and garlands and the crowd was not much. We had goo darshan. From there we went to Mother Unnamulai, our cuteLittle Mother. Mother was somewhat busy. Breaking all rules, some politicians had come and they were given Z category special darshan. We had to wait for 20 minutes and then saw the Mother. We covered other shrines. It was around 7.45 am but T'malai looked as if it has got heat waves swarming the town. The feet withoutfoot wear started burning. We rushed to the car and from there to a hotel for a brief breakfast.

We came to the Asramam, around 8.15 am. The simple morning ceremonies for Ramaneswara Maha Lingam was almost over and we could have the arti only. Then a music concert for about 1 hour commenced. This was by Kumari Sarada and Smt Ambika Kameswar and Smt. Sulochana Natarajan. The theme was Sri Ramana PadaPancharatnam, based on Sivaprakasam Pillai's Sri Ramana Pada Maalai. The sounds of accompaniment were a little more than required and we could not discern the words of the verses.

Half way down the concert, I slipped into Old Hall, the court of Bhagavan Ramana for more than 20 years. It was in total silence, with a handful of devotees in total silent meditation. The atmosphere was quite pleasing and I could spend more than 20minutes chanting Sri Arunachala Akshara Mana Maalai within mylips. For a minute, I was thinking about those golden days when Kavyakanta, Muruganar, Kunju Swami, GV Subbaramiah, Maharajahs, Christian missionaries, SRK math sannyasis were all sitting at the feet of Bhagavan Ramana with rapt attention to listen to His few words.

It was around 10.30 am. I went near the office and bid good bye to Smt Jayanti, Sri Krishnan, Sri Venkatesh, Sri Prem Kumar, Mr. Kannan, and Dr. Srinivasamurty and Sri V.S. Mani. I also metthe Srilankan lady who is in T'malai for the past 6 years, rain or shineand also the illustrious daughter of Lucy Ma, who has been here since 1998! I also met Mr. Sabapathy, the grandson of a lady whoknew Bhagavan right from Madurai times.

The lunch was at 11.30 AM. We had simple feast on this day and then prayed to Ramaneswara Mahalingam, and Mother Matrubhuteswara.

We returned to the guest house. We took rest between 12 noon and 2 pm. Handed over the keys to the watchman, Muniswami inMorvi Guest House and proceeded towards Bangalore. We bidgood bye to the Hill, the Hill of Jnana, the Hill of Fire upto 10 kmslooking at the Hill from the rear glass of the car. O Lord, bye bye,till You call us again! Take care of us.